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Explores the pivotal battles, profiles the commanders, and chronicles the myriad ways in which war has shaped the modern world. The 26 episodes in this monumental set draw on an encyclopedic collection of archival film dating back to 1896 to create an unforgettable visual record of every major engagement from WWI to the liberation of Kuwait.
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"This is a revised and updated edition of Evan Mawdsley's acclaimed global history of World War II. Beginning with the outbreak of the Sino- Japanese War, Evan Mawdsley shows how the war's origins lay in a conflict between the old international order and the new, and traces its globalisation as it swept through Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. The primary focus is on the war's military and strategic history, though Mawdsley also examines the political,...
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"In Mighty Endeavor: The American Nation and the Second World War historian Blaine Browne provides a highly readable introduction to the war's military course and its domestic consequences. World War II represented a major transformative event for America, laying the foundations for a modern postwar superpower. Browne chronicles the political, diplomatic, military, economic, and social developments from the end of World War I to the Cold War and economic...
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This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original...
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"In Defying Reality, David M. Ewalt traces the story from ancient amphitheaters to Cold War military laboratories, through decades of hype and failure, to a nineteen-year-old video game aficionado who made the impossible possible. Ewalt looks at how businesses are already using this tech to revolutionize the world around us, and what we can expect in the future. Writing for a mainstream audience as well as for technology enthusiasts, Ewalt offers...
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Special forces Vol. 1: As the world faces a global plague of assassinations and hostage scenarios, a new breed of warriou has emerged: the commando. These are the untold stories of elite Special Forces -- The British SAS and the U.S. Army's Green Berets.
Navy SEALS, the untold stories : Based on first-person accounts, this extraordinary miniseries captures the danger and emotion of three actual classified SEAL missions: Grenada, Somalia, and Panama.
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